This week's theme: Latin terms in English. sine qua non (SY-nee kway NON) noun
An indispensable condition; prerequisite. [Latin sine qua non (without which not).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=sine+qua+non -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Of course, the mastery of language is not the sine qua non of competence in literacy. But ease in communication in the language shows how one's cognitive abilities have developed." Kenendy Buhere; Proposal to Split TSC Ill-thought; The Kenya Times (Nairobi); Jan 19, 2007. Sponsored by: Perfect your fluency in French, German, Spanish or Italian with Champs-Elysees audio magazines. http://ads.champs-elysees.com/wsmith4 Rent A Coder : How software gets done. http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/Default.asp?txtFromURL=AId_1671936 ............................................................................ History is a vast early warning system. -Norman Cousins, editor and author (1915-1990) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sine_qua_non.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/sine_qua_non.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/sine_qua_non.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
